Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f0VGYF903450; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:34:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:34:15 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sa77f76f.094@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1185] X-Post from NIFL Technology & Literacy List X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.5.3.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1858 Lines: 25 This is a cross post from the NIFL Tech. and literacy list: I thought this might be of interest. You may want to let your students know to be wary of offers of easy degrees over the Internet for cash. Article abstract below reposted with permission of EDUCAUSE... FIRMS SELLING BOGUS DEGREES INCREASE ON NET The number of Internet companies offering fraudulent college degrees is increasing, according to a new report from a private watchdog group. The Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally, to be released in January, will count 481fraudulent schools, up from 320 in its 1998 survey. Observers say the degree mills, as they are often called, are popular with those who are desperate to add an edge to their resumes. Also, online degree mills often fool those who want a legitimate degree from the growing number of online education programs. The market for such degrees exceeds $200 million each year, estimates John Bear, author of The Bears' Guide. University of North Dakota professor Barry Lumsden, an authority on degree mills,says Internet companies use numerous techniques to lure unsuspecting consumers, such as hosting their sites in the .edu domain and inventing agencies to give accreditation to their schools. Few government officials have taken an interest in the problem, observers say, and those agencies that do face significant obstacles in stopping online degree mills, as many of the mills base their operations in several different countries. (Computer News Daily, 29 December 2000) COPYRIGHT Abstracts copyright (c) 2000, Information Inc., Bethesda, MD Edupage copyright (c) 2000, EDUCAUSE, http://www.educause.edu/ ******************************************************************** Emily Hacker Moderator, NIFL Technology Director of Learning Technologies F.E.G.S (212) 366-8122 ehacker@fegs.org http://www.fegs.org
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